Fury keeps ego in tow after nicking heavyweight crown

01 December 2015 - 02:06 By Gareth A Davies, ©The Daily Telegraph

You might expect the new heavyweight champion of the world to splash out on a luxury car or expensive jewellery. Not Tyson Fury. He earned millions for his night's work against Wladimir Klitschko on Saturday, but his treat to himself was a vintage caravan.The 2m traveller intends to restore the 1958 Westmorland Star caravan to its former glory and live in it in the garden behind the £500000 (about R11-million) house in Morecambe in the UK that Fury, 27, shares with his pregnant wife, Paris, and their two children.Klitschko had no answer to the awkwardness of the challenger, as the Ukrainian's near 10-year reign as the champion crashed in a scrappy fight .The young fighter bamboozled Klitschko, who simply did not know what to do against the taller man."The first thing I did when I woke up was to say out loud: 'I'm the new heavyweight champion of the world', and it had a nice ring to it," declared Fury." I always said that winning the heavyweight championship of the world wouldn't change me. It won't."Klitschko, for his part, insisted he would execute the rematch clause, but it would not be a major surprise if the old champion has a change of heart."I just could not find the right distance. I tried, but it just did not happen." ..

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